AMERICAN NOTES: The Hitler Analogy

In 1971 George McGovern declared:
"Except for Adolf Hitler's extermination of the Jewish people, the
American bombardment of defenseless peasants in Indochina is the most
barbaric act of modern times." Last week he conjured up the Hitler
analogy again. He accused President Nixon of being "at least
indirectly" responsible for the invasion of the Democratic National
Committee offices in Washington by five men last June (see story, page
20). McGovern later added that the incident was "the kind of thing you
expect under a person like Hitler."

Even in a campaign yearor especially in a campaign yearsuch rhetoric
is difficult...